CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
There must be an amendment to the 1951 Convention definition of a refugee. It has been seen that the 1951 Convention was drafted to accommodate the problems that arose following the end of WWII. Hence, it is proving to be challenging to provide refugee status to individuals whose reasons for persecution do not match up with the provision of the Convention. Construction on albinism as a ground of persecution has generally provided an insight into how refugee law is not flexible in as far as the 1951 Convention definition is concerned. The fact that there had to be a theoretical interpretation of persecution abruptly expresses how difficult it is to determine the
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refugee status of individuals who need international protection. Therefore, refugee law being the only tool that ensures international protection to individuals who cannot avail the protection of their country must not adopt a restrictive approach but should rather look at purposes of international human rights law.
There must be a need for the international community to raise and promote awareness of asylum and refugee law by organisations that deal with refugees and asylum. The lack of awareness on refugee law not only affects the illiterate but literate individuals as well. This has been seen in the way asylum seekers are treated at the borders of most countries for example in the USA503 proves that the principle of non-refoulement is not as binding as it is thought to be. Therefore, there is a need for reformation on the laws that provide for asylum if human rights are to be promoted.
Regarding violations of the rights of people with albinism, there is a need for the international community to work closely with governments of countries that are affected by the barbaric act. There must be an adoption of laws binding on States to allow the international community to intervene in cases where States have failed to provide enough protection in cases where there are gross human rights violations.
This would generally help countries to be more serious in resolving human rights issues in their countries.
Such acts would generally assist in the better understanding of certain aspects of refugee law on States and individuals in seek of asylum. Furthermore, intervention would pressurise states to take immediate action on serious violations of human rights to avoid the shame that rises from it.
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